Click Edit Find and replace Replace text.
1 Click Edit Find and replace Replace text.
2 Type the text that you want to find in the Find box. If you want to find the exact case of the text that you specified, enable the Match case check box. If you want to find only whole words, enable the Find whole words only check box.
3 Type the replacement text in the Replace with box.
4 Click one of the following buttons: • Find next — finds the next occurrence of the text that is specified in the Find box • Replace — replaces the selected occurrence of the text that is specified in the Find box. If no occurrence is selected, Replace finds the
next occurrence. • Replace all — replaces every occurrence of the text that is specified in the Find box
To edit text
1 Click the Text tool
2 Perform a task from the following table. To
Do the following
Edit artistic text
Click in the artistic text.
Edit paragraph text
Click in the text frame.
Text that has been converted to curves cannot be edited.
You can also edit text by clicking Text Edit text, and making changes to the text in the Edit text dialog box. To convert text
To
Do the following
Convert paragraph text to artistic text
Using the Pick tool
, select the text, and click Text Convert to
artistic text.
350 | CorelDRAW X7 User Guide
To
Do the following
Convert artistic text to paragraph text
Using the Pick tool
, select the text, and click Text Convert to
paragraph text.
Convert artistic or paragraph text to curves
Using the Pick tool
, select the text, and click Object Convert
to curves.
Paragraph text cannot be converted to artistic text when it’s in a linked frame, has text overflow, or has special effects applied to it.
You can also convert text to curves by clicking the Pick tool , right-clicking the text, and clicking Convert to curves.
Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text
You can shift the characters of artistic and paragraph text vertically or horizontally or rotate them to create interesting effects.You can straighten characters into their original position, and you can return vertically shifted characters to the baseline . You can also mirror or flip artistic and paragraph text characters.
If you want to adjust the position of an entire text object that is fitted to a path, such as a circle or a freehand line, see “To adjust the position of text that is fitted to a path” on page 355.
Rotated characters
To shift or rotate a character
1 Using the Text tool
, select the character or characters .
2 In the Object properties docker, click the Character button
to display the character-related options.
To display the Object properties docker, click Window Dockers Object properties.
3 Click the arrow button
at the bottom of the Character area to display additional options.
4 Type a value in one of the following boxes:
• Horizontal character offset — A positive number moves characters to the right, and a negative number moves characters to the left. • Vertical character offset — A positive number moves characters up, and a negative number moves characters down. • Character angle — A positive number rotates characters counterclockwise, and a negative number rotates characters clockwise.
Adding and manipulating text | 351
You can also use the Shape tool to shift or rotate characters. Select the character node or nodes , and then type values in the Horizontal character offset box, Vertical character offset box, or Character angle box on the property bar.
To straighten a shifted or rotated character
1 Using the Text tool
, select one or more characters.